asked on 2/27/2007

ASP IN BATCH OR COMMAND LINE

hi,

i want to to call a asp file from a batch file. i know that calling a php file is possible with:
CALL C:\PHPFILE.PHP
AND FROM THE COMMAND LINE WITH:
C:\PHP PHPFILE.PHP

how can i do this if i want to execute a asp file?

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eaweb

4/3/2007

Lee W, MVP

2/27/2007

Use Windows scripting host and not an ASP page but a VBS file.

SteveGTR

2/27/2007

On my system I'd say:

"c:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" www.someaspfile.asp

Good Luck,
Steve

sirbounty

2/27/2007

or you can try

Start c:\pathtofile\yourfile.asp

Steve Knight

2/27/2007

I may be wrong here but I though that ASP is just server side isn't it so you need a web server to talk to? In which case you'd have to install IIS, say, and then
START http://localhost/yourfile.asp
or
IEXPLORE http://localhost/yourfile.asp

both of which would run on the web server... having said that by default ASP pages are written in VBScript I thought which as leew says you could run directly with wscript or cscript.exe ...

SteveGTR

2/27/2007

It is server side, but you don't need to install IIS on the client if you are referencing a remote server.

Steve Knight

2/27/2007

Sorry had completely missed your comment Steve re: using iexplore to a url.

eaweb

3/16/2007

ASKER

hi,

i want to to call a asp file from a batch file. i know that calling a php file from a batch file is possible with:
CALL C:\PHPFILE.PHP

AND FROM THE COMMAND LINE WITH:
C:\>PHP PHPFILE.PHP

how can i do this if i want to execute a asp file?
can i call a asp file from a batch file like with php; if yes how?

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Steve Knight

3/16/2007

But the ASP file has to run on the IIS server and while this will startup IE it will not know how to deal with an ASP file so it will not run locally unless you run a local IIS server and run it with start http://localhost/yourfile.asp like I suggested before. ASP is Active Server Pages which runs on the server.

The difference with PHP is you can install PHP so that you can run PHP programs locally too.

Steve

sirbounty

3/16/2007

If you're wanting to display it though, the above should load it in the browser.
If you're wanting to edit it and don't have any web server software to do so, use

start notepad c:\pathtotfile\yourfile.asp

eaweb

4/3/2007

ASKER

i converted my script in a vbs and made a call from a batch with:

cscript ReplaceAllSetup.vbs